diff --git a/src/intel/compiler/brw/brw_nir.c b/src/intel/compiler/brw/brw_nir.c
index abdb3993fde..9b9fa434fc4 100644
--- a/src/intel/compiler/brw/brw_nir.c
+++ b/src/intel/compiler/brw/brw_nir.c
@@ -2955,7 +2955,8 @@ brw_postprocess_nir_opts(brw_pass_tracker *pt)
       .lower_subgroup_masks = true,
    };
 
-   if (OPT(nir_opt_uniform_atomics, false))
+   if (!intel_use_jay(devinfo, pt->nir->info.stage) &&
+       OPT(nir_opt_uniform_atomics, false))
       OPT(nir_lower_subgroups, &subgroups_options);
 
    if (pt->key->divergent_atomics_flags)